[Verse 1]
If you miss me from the back of the bus
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on up to the front of the bus
I'll be driving up there
[Verse 2]
If you miss me from Jackson State
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on over to "ole Miss"
I'll be studying over there
[Verse 3]
If you miss me from knocking on doors
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on down to the registrar's room
I'll be the registrar there
[Verse 4]
If you miss me from the cotton fields
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on down to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there
[Verse 5]
If you miss me from the picket line
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on down to the jailhouse
I'll be rooming down there
[Verse 6]
If you miss me from the Mississippi River
And you can't find me nowhere
Come on down the the city pool
I'll be swimming in there